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When doubt arises in the mind and it is impossible to go to the field of the omniscient due to the absence of the omniscient nearby, they create a beautiful, flawless, and non-violent food body using their special attainment and go to the field of the omniscient with that body, resolve their doubts, and then return to their place.
But those fourteen former holders of the attainment are necessarily negligent. One who uses attainment becomes curious, and curiosity leads to a loss of stability or concentration. The loss of concentration is called negligence. Therefore, the food body is considered to arise in the sixth stage of the soul.
Out of the 81 natures that are capable of arising in the sixth stage of the soul, the five natures of *styanaddhitriknidra-nidra*, *prachala-prachala*, *styanaddhi*, and *aaharaka-dvik* do not arise from the seventh stage of the soul onwards. Because the arising of *styanaddhi* is in the form of negligence and
1. *Shubham vishambhyaaghati chaaaharakam chaturdashapoorvasyaive*.
*Svaarth Sutra*, 246 This is also called *aaharaka samudghaat*. This happens while creating the food body and, being the object of the *naaharaka-sharira-naama-karma*, i.e., the virtuous person with the food attainment desires to create a food body, thus depleting the abundant *pudgalas* of the *sthula-poorvatraddha-aaharaka-naama-karma*.
2. Compare—
*Chhathe aahar yogatiyam udhaya*.
- *Gommatsar*, *Karmakaand*, 267